I am hosting my website on a shared server, with a mysql database which I can access it using phpmyadmin only. Can we setup replication mechanism to replicate my DB to my local server periodically?
something like periodically it should dump the data from my live server to my local server or atleast create a dump file.
Thanks,
You can use this URL: http://username:password#website:2082/getsqlbackup/website…database.gz to get a gzipped copy of your databse. username and password are as they say, and 2082 is whatever port you use.
You can use wget in a batch file to get it automatically.
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I have 4 computers and 1 server in my local network, there is Xampp(with Mysql) installed on each computer, what I'd like to do, is to cofigure it the way that all mysql data from all computers be saved on the server, so each computer will be talking to the server
you could install mysql on the server, and point all php development to access database on the server. instead of local host.
this should be as easy as changing the database configuration part of your php
just be sure to create user for remote access in the mysql server.
if each computer client have already data in their local database, then dump all databases and recreate on the server.
I've been developing a client's site and have maintained .sql backups using Export of phpMyAdmin. Yesterday my client provided me with credentials for the destination server and asked if I could migrate the development site to the beta site.
I can copy the files, of course, and I have changed wp-config.php to point to the new database correctly. When I load the page initially a default WordPress installation is created.
Unfortunately, I was not provided cPanel or phpMyAdmin credentials.
Ideally, there would be a plugin or script that would drop all of the existing tables created by default and use my .sql export to recreate the tables and populate them with data.
Does anyone know if there is a way to import this .sql from within WordPress?
You can import it with mysql on the command line:
mysql -u someuser -p password <yoursqlfile.sql
Or you can open it in mysql workbench (download from mysql.com) and run it from there.
In case you cannot SSH to the server or access the database via workbench as Norbert suggested, you can try XCloner.
It would be better if you had some sort of direct access to the database, but I'm guessing if you do not have cpanel access you also do not have SSH access. It is also common for databases to be restricted to local access, so a remote connection via MySQL Workbench may not be an option.
If for whatever reason none of these solutions work, you can temporarily connect the site to a remote database that you have access to until you get the necessary credentials from the client.
Can someone please tell me how to do a Simple Database Backup for MySQL Database on diff host (computer). I am trying to move my database from one host (server) to a new host (server)
If you just need to transfer a database between servers, using phpMyAdmin, you can use Export on the database on the source to generate a .SQL script, and then use Import on the target server to transfer it.
Alternatively, if the database is too big, you could use something like SQLDumper.
Iam a newbie for DB. I have a running database on godaddy's mysql setup. Now i have a new server whose access is not with me. I have to make a file which can install and create new mysql on that server plus it can copy and store specific tables from my current server database too.
I have to give this file to the person who is having the access so that he can execute it and can have all the content. How can i make such a file?
You can use MySQL's mysqldump to take backup of your databases.
Alternatively, You can always backup your database using MySQL GUI tools like SQLyog.
I guess GoDaddy do not allows direct connection for mysqldump to work. In that case you can use SQLyog's HTTP tunneling capability.
Give the generated backup file (created through SQLyog or through mysqldump) to the person who has access and he will upload the file.
Here is the SQLyog's documentation for taking Backup. Select Databases and Tables that you want to backup through wizard.
Hope it helps....
I have a local Perl script that does a lot of parsing of web pages and then successfully updates my local MySQL database (WAMP server). I now want to send this local data to my remote server, but remotely connecting to my database isn't allowed with my hosting company. Unfortunately I never thought of that problem.
So, I now need to find an automated way to update my remote server (every 15mins). I mistakenly thought I could just edit my Perl script with the details of the remote server.
I am aware that I could use CGI or PHP to do the parsing on the server, but I really want to keep the parsing local for now.
Summary:
Local MySQL database -> remote MySQL database every 15mins ??
Any ideas what I can do?
Thanks :-)
if replication is not an option but you can still establish an ssh connection from local box to remote box, then
run mysqldump to export data into a file http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html#option_mysqldump_where
scp file to remote box
mysql -u username -p password database_name < dumpfile.sql
If your server does not accept connections to mysql remotely you can create a ssh tunnel. Then you can apply the replication solution proposed by matcheek.
Here is a hint: http://realprogrammers.com/how_to/set_up_an_ssh_tunnel_with_putty.html
Based on the responses I've received, I think the answer to my original question is to stop using a cheap shared hosting company (no remote access to server, no cron jobs, etc) and start using a VPS hosting company. That will give me the freedom to remotely connect to my server, etc.
Thanks again to those who replied.
From how you described the problem replication seems to be the way to go
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/replication-howto.html
Using a cron job could be another option. It would read file from your local machine and import data in the remote box.
I suggest the follwing:
On every local run, write the SQL statements (sans SELECT),
that you run against your copy of the DB also into a file
On your WAMP server create a small PHP script, gives back the oldest script from the first step (soem auth ofcourse)
On your remote server run a cronjob, that gets this from your local server and runs the SQL against the DB, then acknowledges it
On acknowledgement on your WAMP server, drop the file and give back the next one.
While this seems complicated, it allows for a restart after connectivity loss - something that I consider imposrtant.